Have a Cold or Flu? To Exercise or Not... By David Shaw for It's Your Health You've got a slight cough, your throat is sore, your nose is running and you feel just the tiniest muscle ache. Should you work out? Will you recover faster if you do?

New Study Shows Zinc Lozenges Play Key Role in Preventing Colds and Shortening Colds Americans get about 1 billion colds each year. That's the bad news. The good news is that science has shown new ways to avoid colds or reduce their severity significantly. Colds hit most people...

From Health Store News Is there a cure for the common cold? "Of course there is," says herbalist Bob Bruscia. "It's called the immune system. And when functioning properly, it zaps most colds quite quickly." Most natural approaches to cold relief rely on boosting immune response. "Zinc, Echinacea...

In the last several decades, there has been extensive research on European Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) and its impact on those suffering from the flu. Here is a brief summary of research that has answered the question, "What is elderberry good for?" In vitro studies have shown that Sambucus nigra...

High dose zinc lozenges may be beneficial in reducing the duration of common cold symptoms – but a lack of high dose lozenges on the market mean these benefits remain out of consumers’ reach, according to a new meta-analysis.  Zinc is widely recognized as being beneficial to common cold...

Research shows that zinc lozenges can cut the duration of cold symptoms in half, if administered within the first 24 hours of cold symptoms. Using the proper form of zinc is extremely important. The common cold: it happens a total of 1 billion times a year; causes 22 million lost...